Yes! We created the Sparkle Scholarship (a reduced-rate subscription fee) to help families who couldn’t otherwise afford the monthly subscription. We also want to show our appreciation to those who defend and serve our country through the military and schools.

There are three different scholarhips: one for military, one for educators, and one for limited income.

It's $9.99 a month, and can be accessed as an option on the final page of our subscription sign-up process.

Audio stories, or stories told out-loud, are untethered to images viewed on a screen. The child is free and able to paint her own pictures out of her own imagination. She becomes relaxed and entranced – committing herself fully to a fantastic adventure.

Just log in and visit the My Account page and find the "Cancel Subscription" link to the right.

Sparkle Stories subscriptions may be cancelled at any time. The cancellation must be made before the next month’s renewal date, or the recurring subscription fee will be charged.

(Note: Cancellation requests sent after business hours will be fulfilled on the following business day. After processing your email request, we will send a reply, including confirmation of the cancellation.)

The Sparkle Stories theme, and most of the Sparkle Stories Series music is created by by Malcolm Francis of Popular Beat Combo. The theme for Sparkle Sleepytime is by John Creech. The themes for Dry Gables, FIFTY and Light of Olympus were created by Angus Sewell McCann.

If you were a Sparkler and subscriber on the previous Sparkle website (before December of 2015), you'll be able to find all of your previous purchases on the Collected Stories page of the current website.

Here's how to find it:

Log in and click the "My Account" link in the upper right hand corner.

Choose the "Order History" tab.

Click the button that says "Collected Stories."

Here you'll find a list of previously purchased stories. We recommend using Option-F to open a search window in your browser -- and then search for any story by name.

Absolutely! The pages of the Sparkle site are secured with SSL, and we encrypt all transaction data and only transmit tokens (that are unintelligible to outside entities) from the site to our credit card processor, so our transactions are very secure.

We use Stripe.com as our credit card processor. We picked them because of their high security levels and PCI compliance. All credit card transactions are managed by them – we process and store no credit card information on the Sparkle website. You can read about all them on their website: stripe.com.

There's currently not a simple way to order a playlist. However the stories will land in your Story Box in the order that you favorite them. So, just favorite them in "reverse order" for how you want them to show up. The first story you pick will be at the end, and the last you pick will be first.

You can play stories offline by first "hearting" them. This adds them to your Story Box. Then you can mark them for "offline listening". That pulls the story onto your phone, so you can listen without cell service or wifi.

Not currently. At present the Sparkle App is a "player" for stories in the Sparkle subscription service. Only subscribers to the Streaming Site will be able to listen to stories on the iOS and Android Apps and Website Player.

However, in the Sparkle Store you’ll be able to purchase and download any story you’d like, to play on your local player. You can play them directly on your computer, or transfer them to any mobile device to be enjoyed on that device’s player. (Just like you do with songs purchased off of iTunes.)

It will! You’ll need to be sure you’ve updated to the newer iOs, though. The app currently works in iOS 8+ (it won’t work with iOS 6). Your iPhone 4s should support iOS 8 and even iOS 9. No matter what, the mobile site will work in your browser.

If you are listening to Sparkle Stories on the Android app, you may get this message. It’s just letting you know that the app is running. You may want to shut the app down when you’re not listening to stories.

Yes! You can purchase gift subscriptions here: https://www.sparklestories.com/store/gifts When you purchase a gift subscription, you’ll be prompted to enter the recipient’s email address, as well as a personal message to the recipient. Then we’ll email them your gift.

Not currently. At present the Sparkle App is a "player" for stories in the Sparkle subscription service. Only subscribers to the Streaming Site will be able to listen to stories on the iOS and Android Apps and Website Player.

However, in the Sparkle Store you’ll be able to purchase and download any story you’d like, to play on your local player. You can play them directly on your computer, or transfer them to any mobile device to be enjoyed on that device’s player. (Just like you do with songs purchased off of iTunes.)